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March 25, 2008 Lutes Give No. 11 Redlands a Battle Before Falling
REDLANDS, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran gave No. 11-ranked Redlands all it could handle before the Bulldogs were able to pull out a 6-3 men's tennis victory on Tuesday afternoon at the University of Redlands. The Lutes (10-7 overall) started out well with victories in two of the three doubles matches. Kevin Floyd and Justin Larimore teamed up to beat Eric Wagar and Ransom Cook, 8-4, at the No. 1 doubles spot, and Jared Vidano and Scott Sheldon defeated Jeff Hammond and Keven Wong, 8-5, at No. 3 doubles. Redlands (14-2 overall) was able to stem the tide by winning five of the six singles matches, though two PLU players stretched their opponents to three sets. Larimore battled Wagar at No. 2 singles before losing, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Justin Peterson made Aron Ouye earn the win at No. 3 singles, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Pacific Lutheran's lone singles win came from Michael Manser at No. 4 where he defeated Mike Reading, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1. PLU concludes its spring break trip with three more matches over the next two days. The Lutes face Pomona-Pitzer at Claremont, Calif., at 2 p.m. Wednesday before playing two matches on Thursday. They got against Middlebury (Vt.), ranked No. 4 in Division III men's tennis, in Claremont at 9 a.m., then travel up to Santa Barbara for a 4:30 p.m. exhibition against the Harvard University junior varsity. - PLU -
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